Marine technology is undergoing an technological revolution with Industry 4.0, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Industrial IoT (IIoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) as key drivers. Cyber-physical systems lie at the core of this technological revolution, where everything can be electrified, digitized, and interconnected through the internet. The vast amounts of real-time data provides new opportunities for analysis, planning, and control.
 
Based on theory and methods from electrical engineering, cybernetics, and AI, we have investigated how to dynamically optimise the positioning of tug vessels patrolling the Norwegian coastline, how we can automate and optimize the design process of maritime equipment such as cranes and winches using computer-automated design (CautoD), and developed methods and software for design-driven field studies for safer demanding marine operations.

We have also developed a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) valve for educational use, and an IIoT lab at the NMK for training and education, and designed and constructed physical prototypes of a both a USV and a submersible platform with dynamic positioning (DP) systems installed for aqua farm inspection.